Infighting Increases among Terrorists in Idlib after Sochi Agreement

TEHRAN (defapress)- Infighting among Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and National Liberation Front terrorists have increased, local sources in Northern Idlib reported, adding that the NLF has sent more military equipment to the region.

News ID: 72872

Date: 05 October 2018 - 00:13

The sources said that Tahrir al-Sham and NLF terrorists engaged in clashes near the town of Zardana, adding that several militants of both sides as well as civilians were killed and wounded.

They added that the clashes erupted after Jeish al-Ahrar terrorists, affiliated to the NLF, detained a member of Tahrir al-Sham in the town.

according to reports, the NLF has dispatched a large military convoy to Zardana and Tahrir al-Sham terrorists have erected a large number of checkpoints across the town.

Also, a bomb-laden car was detonated near the town of Salqain in Northern Idlib, killing and wounding several people, including civilians.

Internal differences, insecurity and assassination operations have increased in Idlib province after Turkey and Russia agreed in Sochi on setting up a demilitarized zone in the region.

A senior terrorist commander and a number of militants were killed in a fresh round of clashes among rival groups in Idlib and Aleppo provinces on Tuesday.

Mohammad Rahal, a notorious commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at was gunned down by unknown attackers in the village of Ma'ardabsah South of the town of Saraqib in Idlib.

In the meantime, a number of gunmen of the al-Turkistani Islamic Party were killed after unidentified raiders opened fire at them in the village of Ashtabraq in Jisr al-Shughour region in Western Idlib.

Meanwhile, unknown raiders attacked a base of Tahria al-Sham in al-Lairamoun in Northern Aleppo, killing four terrorists and seizing their weapons.

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